Cannot shutdown MacPro follow-up

I posted a query on ways to help me overcome the inability of a Intel MacPro to shutdown, restart or logout from the Apple menu
Graley wrote on :

Earlier I posted a query on ways to help me overcome the inability of a Intel MacPro to shutdown, restart or logout from the Apple menu. It still will not after extensive questioning from as many forums as I can. Even in safe boot mode, I either put it to sleep or force a shutdown using the sudo shutdown command in terminal. Only option is to erase and re-install, or, since everything else goes like a dream just put up with it. But I would say, be warned about installing foreign software, because that is how I think I must have corrupted some system control file.

BTW, does anyone know the terminal command to force a restart ?

Jolly Roger replied on :

On 2006-12-07 00:10:34 -0600, Graley OMIT.highrise@redacted.invalid said:

Earlier I posted a query on ways to help me overcome the inability of a Intel MacPro to shutdown, restart or logout from the Apple menu. It still will not after extensive questioning from as many forums as I can. Even in safe boot mode, I either put it to sleep or force a shutdown using the sudo shutdown command in terminal. Only option is to erase and re-install, or, since everything else goes like a dream just put up with it. But I would say, be warned about installing foreign software, because that is how I think I must have corrupted some system control file.

BTW, does anyone know the terminal command to force a restart ?

Sure:

sudo reboot

Have you examined system.log and console.log for errors after you attempt to shutdown, restart, or log out?

Andrew Templeman replied on :

Graley OMIT.highrise@redacted.invalid wrote:

Earlier I posted a query on ways to help me overcome the inability of a Intel MacPro to shutdown, restart or logout from the Apple menu. It still will not after extensive questioning from as many forums as I can. Even in safe boot mode, I either put it to sleep or force a shutdown using the sudo shutdown command in terminal. Only option is to erase and re-install, or, since everything else goes like a dream just put up with it. But I would say, be warned about installing foreign software, because that is how I think I must have corrupted some system control file.

BTW, does anyone know the terminal command to force a restart ?

as a superuser (or prefix with sudo) you can issue the command shutdown. for example 'shutdown -r now ' for an immediate shutdown.

the command 'reboot' does a similar job, but with varying degrees of less cleaning up.

Graley replied on :

On 2006-12-07 16:51:20 +1000, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-07 00:10:34 -0600, Graley OMIT.highrise@redacted.invalid said:

Earlier I posted a query on ways to help me overcome the inability of a Intel MacPro to shutdown, restart or logout from the Apple menu. It still will not after extensive questioning from as many forums as I can. Even in safe boot mode, I either put it to sleep or force a shutdown using the sudo shutdown command in terminal. Only option is to erase and re-install, or, since everything else goes like a dream just put up with it. But I would say, be warned about installing foreign software, because that is how I think I must have corrupted some system control file.

BTW, does anyone know the terminal command to force a restart ?

Sure:

sudo reboot

Have you examined system.log and console.log for errors after you attempt to shutdown, restart, or log out?

system log says: cp: error processing extended attributes: Operation not permitted Does that help to a solution ?

Graley replied on :

On 2006-12-07 16:53:48 +1000, andy@redacted.invalid (Andrew Templeman) said:

Graley OMIT.highrise@redacted.invalid wrote:

Earlier I posted a query on ways to help me overcome the inability of a Intel MacPro to shutdown, restart or logout from the Apple menu. It still will not after extensive questioning from as many forums as I can. Even in safe boot mode, I either put it to sleep or force a shutdown using the sudo shutdown command in terminal. Only option is to erase and re-install, or, since everything else goes like a dream just put up with it. But I would say, be warned about installing foreign software, because that is how I think I must have corrupted some system control file.

BTW, does anyone know the terminal command to force a restart ?

as a superuser (or prefix with sudo) you can issue the command shutdown. for example 'shutdown -r now ' for an immediate shutdown.

the command 'reboot' does a similar job, but with varying degrees of less cleaning up.

sudo reboot (no -h or r) causes restart. At least I can do it the hard way.

Jolly Roger replied on :

On 2006-12-07 03:31:35 -0600, Graley OMIT.highrise@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-07 16:51:20 +1000, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-07 00:10:34 -0600, Graley OMIT.highrise@redacted.invalid said:

Earlier I posted a query on ways to help me overcome the inability of a Intel MacPro to shutdown, restart or logout from the Apple menu. It still will not after extensive questioning from as many forums as I can. Even in safe boot mode, I either put it to sleep or force a shutdown using the sudo shutdown command in terminal. Only option is to erase and re-install, or, since everything else goes like a dream just put up with it. But I would say, be warned about installing foreign software, because that is how I think I must have corrupted some system control file.

BTW, does anyone know the terminal command to force a restart ?

Sure:

sudo reboot

Have you examined system.log and console.log for errors after you attempt to shutdown, restart, or log out?

system log says: cp: error processing extended attributes: Operation not permitted Does that help to a solution ?

Nope that's normal.

Have you tried creating a new user account, rebooting, logging straight into that new user account, and rebooting from the Apple menu?

What items are in your /Library/StartupItems folder?

Graley replied on :

On 2006-12-08 03:54:44 +1000, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-07 03:31:35 -0600, Graley OMIT.highrise@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-07 16:51:20 +1000, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-07 00:10:34 -0600, Graley OMIT.highrise@redacted.invalid said:

Earlier I posted a query on ways to help me overcome the inability of a Intel MacPro to shutdown, restart or logout from the Apple menu. It still will not after extensive questioning from as many forums as I can. Even in safe boot mode, I either put it to sleep or force a shutdown using the sudo shutdown command in terminal. Only option is to erase and re-install, or, since everything else goes like a dream just put up with it. But I would say, be warned about installing foreign software, because that is how I think I must have corrupted some system control file.

BTW, does anyone know the terminal command to force a restart ?

Sure:

sudo reboot

Have you examined system.log and console.log for errors after you attempt to shutdown, restart, or log out?

system log says: cp: error processing extended attributes: Operation not permitted Does that help to a solution ?

Nope that's normal.

Have you tried creating a new user account, rebooting, logging straight into that new user account, and rebooting from the Apple menu?

What items are in your /Library/StartupItems folder?

Yes. Logging with a new account does not fix it. In the new account still cannot s/d or restart or logout

Graley replied on :

On 2006-12-08 03:54:44 +1000, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-07 03:31:35 -0600, Graley OMIT.highrise@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-07 16:51:20 +1000, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-07 00:10:34 -0600, Graley OMIT.highrise@redacted.invalid said:

Earlier I posted a query on ways to help me overcome the inability of a Intel MacPro to shutdown, restart or logout from the Apple menu. It still will not after extensive questioning from as many forums as I can. Even in safe boot mode, I either put it to sleep or force a shutdown using the sudo shutdown command in terminal. Only option is to erase and re-install, or, since everything else goes like a dream just put up with it. But I would say, be warned about installing foreign software, because that is how I think I must have corrupted some system control file.

BTW, does anyone know the terminal command to force a restart ?

Sure:

sudo reboot

Have you examined system.log and console.log for errors after you attempt to shutdown, restart, or log out?

system log says: cp: error processing extended attributes: Operation not permitted Does that help to a solution ?

Nope that's normal.

Have you tried creating a new user account, rebooting, logging straight into that new user account, and rebooting from the Apple menu?

What items are in your /Library/StartupItems folder?

In start up items are "Slim" (I guess that refers to a Slimserver I use to wirelesssly distribute music), and "parallels" (to run windows)

Jolly Roger replied on :

On 2006-12-07 18:19:22 -0600, Graley OMIT.highrise@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-08 03:54:44 +1000, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-07 03:31:35 -0600, Graley OMIT.highrise@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-07 16:51:20 +1000, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-07 00:10:34 -0600, Graley OMIT.highrise@redacted.invalid said:

Earlier I posted a query on ways to help me overcome the inability of a Intel MacPro to shutdown, restart or logout from the Apple menu. It still will not after extensive questioning from as many forums as I can. Even in safe boot mode, I either put it to sleep or force a shutdown using the sudo shutdown command in terminal. Only option is to erase and re-install, or, since everything else goes like a dream just put up with it. But I would say, be warned about installing foreign software, because that is how I think I must have corrupted some system control file.

BTW, does anyone know the terminal command to force a restart ?

Sure:

sudo reboot

Have you examined system.log and console.log for errors after you attempt to shutdown, restart, or log out?

system log says: cp: error processing extended attributes: Operation not permitted Does that help to a solution ?

Nope that's normal.

Have you tried creating a new user account, rebooting, logging straight into that new user account, and rebooting from the Apple menu?

What items are in your /Library/StartupItems folder?

In start up items are "Slim" (I guess that refers to a Slimserver I use to wirelesssly distribute music), and "parallels" (to run windows)

No other errors appear in console or system log when you attempt to restart?

Have you ever modified the default launchd configuration on this machine?

Graley replied on :

On 2006-12-08 11:04:47 +1000, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-07 18:19:22 -0600, Graley OMIT.highrise@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-08 03:54:44 +1000, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-07 03:31:35 -0600, Graley OMIT.highrise@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-07 16:51:20 +1000, Jolly Roger jollyroger@redacted.invalid said:

On 2006-12-07 00:10:34 -0600, Graley OMIT.highrise@redacted.invalid said:

Earlier I posted a query on ways to help me overcome the inability of a Intel MacPro to shutdown, restart or logout from the Apple menu. It still will not after extensive questioning from as many forums as I can. Even in safe boot mode, I either put it to sleep or force a shutdown using the sudo shutdown command in terminal. Only option is to erase and re-install, or, since everything else goes like a dream just put up with it. But I would say, be warned about installing foreign software, because that is how I think I must have corrupted some system control file.

BTW, does anyone know the terminal command to force a restart ?

Sure:

sudo reboot

Have you examined system.log and console.log for errors after you attempt to shutdown, restart, or log out?

system log says: cp: error processing extended attributes: Operation not permitted Does that help to a solution ?

Nope that's normal.

Have you tried creating a new user account, rebooting, logging straight into that new user account, and rebooting from the Apple menu?

What items are in your /Library/StartupItems folder?

In start up items are "Slim" (I guess that refers to a Slimserver I use to wirelesssly distribute music), and "parallels" (to run windows)

No other errors appear in console or system log when you attempt to restart?

Have you ever modified the default launchd configuration on this machine?

I dont know what "default launchd configuration" is so I guess I have not knowingly modified it.